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Mubariz Ahmedoghlu: "I think Georgia holds policy of displacement of Azerbaijanis and strengthening of Armenians' positions"

12 May 2008 [18:35] - TODAY.AZ
Day.Az interview with Mubariz Ahmedoghlu, chief of the center of political innovations and technologies.
-Mr. Ahmedoghlu, how would you comment on the facts, pointing out the creeping aggression of Georgian lands, inhabited by ethnic Azerbaijanis, by Armenians?

-As far as I know, this process continues not for the first year. One of the reasons for such developments is that the Armenian-Georgian border has not been diversified in full, in particular, on the territory of Georgia, where Azerbaijanis lived for centuries.

The second reason is that historically Armenians tended to use the difficulties of the country, they lived in for the settlement of their own problems, to make one more step in the direction of the propaganda of the wild idea of creation of "Great Armenia". Today we all see that Georgia, resulting from its pro-Western course, has caused Russia's disfavor, which resulted in raising of tensions between these countries, raising open and hidden support of the Kremlin to separatists from South Ossetia and Abkhazia. It can be proposed that Russia benefits fropm the existent tendencies and moods by the Armenian spirit of Georgia, as they are not profitable for the powers of Georgia and the state system of this country.

Moreover, it can be noted, on the whole, that external policy, conducted by Armenia towards Georgia, is too favorable for Armenians. In particular, the recent opening of a consulate of Armenia in Batumi, pursues the only purpose-to ensure outlet to the Black Sea for Armenia, which was isolated from all regional economic projects due to the occupation policy towards neighbors, conducted by this country.

In other words, Armenians try to use all chances for destabilization and other lawless actions, including for implementation of the police of creeping aggression against representatives of other countries, residing in the same country.

-Let's pass to the issue why the authorities of Georgia shutdown the market in Sadakhli, which deprived the local population of main source of income, led to its gradual outflow and that similar market opened near Sadakhli in Armenia and now from 800 up to 1000 people pass the Georgian-Armenian border to hold trade on this market each Sunday being a good target for the Armenian intelligence services?

-As far as I know the shutdown of the market in Sadakhlo was initiated by the Georgian powders who explained the step by the fact that Armenian customs services use the market for corruption collections. As far as we remember, in a response, the Armenian side announced that corruption among the Georgian customs services exceeds the corruption among their Armenian counterparts. In the result of it, similar market appeared on the territory of Armenia. Naturally, our compatriots, residing in Georgia, became the only victim in this case and the moral duty of official Baku is to support them.

-So, why the powers of Georgia, which integrated with GUAM and in joint economic projects with Azerbaijan of a really world scale, and which is a country, which suffered from separatism, supports not Azerbaijan but Armenia, with whom they have no economic ties and which not only occupied 20% of Azerbaijani lands, but also claims Georgian lands in open?

-Let's begin with that we have witnessed the policy of double standards towards Azerbaijan. In this case, I also see the religious factor and the policy, coordinated by official Tbilisi with a number of big European states for deportation of Azerbaijanis from the country and strengthening Armenians positions.

-But what is the logics of such a policy of official Tbilisi?

-I agree that these actions are illogical. Unfortunately, not all political actions of the leaders of some countries are logical. Moreover, we see the rise in anti-Islamic spirits in the whole world. In particular, in the Netherlands victory was gained by nationalists. Therefore, it is not ruled out that economic and political pragmatism, openly demonstrating advantage of support of official Tbilisi to Azerbaijanis, not Armenians, residing in Georgia, steps back on the background of religious factor.

I am sure that sooner or later Georgians will also understand the erroneousness of such a policy. But the time, during which trust of Azerbaijanis, for whom Georgia became a native country, to official Tbilisi, will be lost and there will be differences between our people and Armenians will benefit from the established state.

/Day.Az/

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